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The future of portable power is getting closer thanks to fuel cells

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 by: Mike Adams (see all articles by this author)
Key concepts: Portable power, Fuel cell and Hydrogen

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As the US seems to be stranded in the oil economy, the rest of the world is taking great strides to define the future of mobile energy. That future is, of course, the hydrogen economy. NEC's work on fuel cells far exceeds anything done in the United States, and chances are, every portable device you carry ten years from now will operate on hydrogen.

What hasn't been mentioned in any of this is the bizarre fact that under the U.S. Patriot Act, an individual carrying a fuel cell battery onto an airplane could be arrested and prosecuted as a terrorist. Why? Hydrogen and methanol are both explosive gases and are currently banned from air transportation.

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